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xepherys · 10-21-2007, 03:02 AM

spike foot, I recommend the Sharp Aquos LCDs over the Samsung (or really over just about any other LCD). I picked up the 42" after a month or so of research and have not regretted the decision at all. As for PVRs, best bet is to get one from your cable company.

Toshiba and LG both make dual-HD players, and they are still pricey. I got the HD-DVD add-on for the 360 and have been quite pleased with it.

The reason I think HD-DVD will win out over Blu-Ray is simple... it's backed by Microsoft. Anyone who is familiar with the current-gen console wars has probably seen how MS is handling Sony and their band of developers. Money! Sony has a lot of it, but MS has more (or at least more to throw around). On the console side of the house, MS is paying off developers to make 360 only games and/or 360 only content for dual-platform games. They are also giving hefty sums of cash to developers to make 360 games where they've traditionally been Sony developers (Konami is a great example of this, Square Enix is another). This is hurting Sony, but they have had little ability to counter thus far. I see the HD wars going the same route.

Another thing to look at, historically, is Sony's ability to create a standard. BetaMax? It was SUPERIOR to VHS, but VHS still won out for the common man. MiniDisc? Unless you are a musician or are Japanese, you've likely never owned a player, and even less likely have ever owned a retail MD album. Memory Sticks? Sony would love other manufacturers to use them, but CF/SD won out long ago, and Sony only keeps them around for their own amusement as far as anyone can tell. Sony and new formats are pretty much an oil and water scenario.

10-21-2007, 03:02 AM	#7 (permalink)
xepherys <3 TFP Location: 17TLH2445607250	spike foot, I recommend the Sharp Aquos LCDs over the Samsung (or really over just about any other LCD). I picked up the 42" after a month or so of research and have not regretted the decision at all. As for PVRs, best bet is to get one from your cable company. Toshiba and LG both make dual-HD players, and they are still pricey. I got the HD-DVD add-on for the 360 and have been quite pleased with it. The reason I think HD-DVD will win out over Blu-Ray is simple... it's backed by Microsoft. Anyone who is familiar with the current-gen console wars has probably seen how MS is handling Sony and their band of developers. Money! Sony has a lot of it, but MS has more (or at least more to throw around). On the console side of the house, MS is paying off developers to make 360 only games and/or 360 only content for dual-platform games. They are also giving hefty sums of cash to developers to make 360 games where they've traditionally been Sony developers (Konami is a great example of this, Square Enix is another). This is hurting Sony, but they have had little ability to counter thus far. I see the HD wars going the same route. Another thing to look at, historically, is Sony's ability to create a standard. BetaMax? It was SUPERIOR to VHS, but VHS still won out for the common man. MiniDisc? Unless you are a musician or are Japanese, you've likely never owned a player, and even less likely have ever owned a retail MD album. Memory Sticks? Sony would love other manufacturers to use them, but CF/SD won out long ago, and Sony only keeps them around for their own amusement as far as anyone can tell. Sony and new formats are pretty much an oil and water scenario. __________________ The prospect of achieving a peace agreement with the extremist group of MILF is almost impossible... -- Emmanuel Pinol, Governor of Cotobato My Homepage